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Philby H. StJ. B. A Pilgrim In Arabia. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Description: 191pp, beautiful quarter leather with raised bands, cream cloth boards, some very light soiling to boards, private bookplate, a few spots of foxing to endpapers, VG+. No. 244 of 350 of a Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Bound in quarter Niger morocco. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.
Seller: Glacier Books, Pitlochry, United Kingdom
Price: US$611.92 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Limited Edition, in quarter niger over cream cloth (by Sangorsky & Sutcliffe), corners brushed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, frontis, [5], 6-191 pp, [1], 1 illustration (portrait), t.e.g., remainder uncut, bookseller label to fpd (Sotheran), printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter, an edition limited to 350 numbered copies. An edition limited to 350 numbered copies. (256*189 mm). (Pertelote 154).
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Philby, H. StJ. B.. A PILGRIM IN ARABIA. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1943.
Price: US$1007.70 + shipping
Description: Pp. 192(last colophon), frontispiece portrait; cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. red/brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, cream art-canvas boards, slightly foxed, the spine a trifle mottled and with tiny surface grazes at head and foot, the upper board very slightly bowed; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and binder's stamp on upper pastedown, the upper hinge starting, dentelles slightly offset, some scattered foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1943. One of 320 numbered copies thus bound (total edition 350). Pertelote 154. *Includes a chapter on the pilgrimage to Mecca, which was the first authentic account of the ceremonies by an English observer. The frontispiece reproduces a portrait of Philby by E. A. Montgomery.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia